'If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is' - Buffalo Bills owner
'If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is' - Buffalo Bills owner
Former reporter claims Bills owner Terry Pegula, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made racist comments about hiring, social justice protests
Former reporter claims Bills owner Terry Pegula, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made racist comments about hiring, social justice protests
This morning, Pro Football Talk tweeted out the first look NFL fans have gotten at longtime NFL reporter Jim Trotter’s discrimination suit against the NFL.
Trotter’s suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, names the National Football League and NFL Network, Trotter’s former employer, as defendants. The complaint filed on Trotter’s behalf spans a full 53 pages, but PFT tweeted out a few of the allegations contained therein, including allegations of statements that confirm that racial equality is still a big problem in the NFL.
Remember all those “End Racism” block letters in the endzones? Take a look at what Trotter alleges owners Jerry Jones and Terry Pegula have said in his presence. Trotter’s lawsuit alleges, in part:
- As one such example, Terry Pegula, owner of the Buffalo Bills, stated inteference to player protests against racial injustice that, “If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is.” See infra at SIII(D).
Mr. Trotter says he raised complaints and concerns about this remark, but no action was taken.
- As another example, Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, responded to a question posed by Mr. Trotter regarding the dearth of Black professionals in decision making positions for NFL teams by stating, “If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own team and hire who they want to hire.” See infra at SIII(C). Mr. Trotter raised complaints and concerns about this remark but no remedial action was taken.
read more: https://deadspin.com/jerry-jones-terry-pegula-nfl-racism-lawsuit-1850829902
They view the players as nothing more than entertainment and don’t view them as human.
Honestly, this is nothing but rage bait to me. Every person who makes a remark like this should go to jail for a cool 20 yrs. I had an incident last year with a nonprofit I was working with where people were sharing memes of asian chefs (with text bubbles giving them the stereotypical r to l change) serving bats to unknowing western guests… I asked that this practice is stopped and got publicly humiliated for my „unprofessional demeanor“.
I can’t tell you how furious I am about racists.
I am a firm believer that the only draft pick that would have saved the Dallas Cowboy's was Jerry Jones by the Vietnam draft
Wow, I love that. I'm immediately adopting this into my verbiage.
Testify!
What old billionaires from the south and made their money from exploitation, are racist?! Never would have guessed
This is the same organization that has spent millions of dollars to downplay the effects of multiple concussions on several players across the league.
People receiving regular brain damage was swept under the rug for the sake of what is essentially modern day blood sports.
I recommend everyone watch Concussion. It opened my eyes to this type of corporate misconduct.
I feel like ancient some blood sports would be an improvement, most gladiators fought to first blood so it would devolve into WWE style drama.
Now ask them what they think life in Africa is like?
Reed huts, water jugs on your head, walking sticks and a coke bottle that fell from the sky?
Why are you describing rural Texas?
Those fucking movies are wild, thank you for unlocking that memory (•_•)
Trailer for the uninitiated https://youtu.be/hvgFqdqPIuE?si=jHuko4rBKfaY06dQ
Such a good movie...
I'm shocked that Jerry Jones would say something like that. Shocked. Well not that shocked.
Oops he did a racism!
Imagine if the players actually follow suit and the result is a country like, say, Nigeria becoming a superpower in rugby in a few decades
Fitting, considering that Buffalo Bill himself was a fucking racist monster who literally is only famous for A. his stage show depicting him scalping a First Nations war chief, and B. being a buffalo murder machine
That's more than a bit of a reductionist view of Buffalo Bill. I think there might be a considerable amount of nuance that you're ignoring about him that you could glean from just reading his wiki[1]. Not saying he's a beacon of morality and ethics, but he wasn't just a racist with a stage show either.
His quotes on Native American rights and women's rights suggest he might have had broader views than you are considering. He could have been a racist but he appears to have been fairly progressive by 19th century standards.
Why don't they go back to the "Free Market" and fund their own football stadiums. Then go fund their own talent building & recruitment programs instead of relying of public schools as well as public college & universities.
I like the upvote to downvote ratio. This is something that everyone can get behind.
The (radical) left: "Billionaires commit hate speech as we expected."
The (radical) right: "Billionaires are based as fuck and don't care about political correctness."
At least everyone finds this newsworthy!
Ah yes. How (radical) of the left to acknowledge and condemn poor actions of those in power. Clearly they have gone too far this time.
Someone should really do an updated version of North Dallas Forty.
Sports!
baseball... basketball...
Skin, down on the beach...
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